Cindy Hyde-Smith

Cindy Hyde-Smith (10 May 1959-) was a US Senator from Mississippi (R) from 9 April 2018, succeeding Thad Cochran.

Biography
Cindy Hyde-Smith was born in Brookhaven, Mississippi in 1959, and she served in the State Senate from 2000 to 2012. In 2010, she switched her party affiliation from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party, and she served as Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce from 2012 to 2018. In March 2018, Governor Phil Bryant announced that he would appoint Hyde-Smith to serve out the remainder of US Senator Thad Cochran's term after his retirement on 1 April 2018.